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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16
A Roasted Peacock.

A young peacock is eatable when properly
roasted, and was considered by the Romans
as IA great delicacy. The Romans used 10
prepare peacocks for the table as follows:
They selected those with the most beautiful
plumage, and stined them 10 death. believing
that this mode Of killing gave more brilliancy
10 the plumagc. As soon as dead they care
fully split the bird open by an incsion all
along the back, from the bill TO the rump
They then took out all the bones, meat, etc,
leaving only the bones Of the legs to the first
joint, those Of the wings to the second joint,
and the head whole, except the brain, eyes
and tongue. The inside Of the skin was now
Immediately lined with a coating of glue. and
filled with bran to keep it in shape The
feathers that were spoiled were vanished,
aud false but brilliant eyes were placed in
stead Of the natural ones When dry the
skin was filled with roasted birds or with the
flesh Of birds chopped and roasted, and care
fully sewed up The bird was served on
large silver dish made for that purpose
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16
RATES OF SPEED.

Swallows fly at a rate of $50 to 200 miles
an hour.
An ice yacht will skim along at seventy
miles an hour
The Connecticut cyclone Of lSS2 did goo
miles an hour.
The biz comet Of 1Si3 reached a speed Of
33'i miles "A second
The earth travels around the sun at the rate
of eighteen miles a second
The electric current in an oyerheated wire
travels ~ 800 miles in a second.
Carrier pigeons have flown at the rate Of
ia miles an hour for seven hours
The shock Of the Granada earthquake in
1854 Travelled at the rate of 800 miles an
hour
On the Great Northern, an English rail
way, one ira n makes l0j miles in JOS min
utes but trains have been driven 100 miles
an hour
The greatest velocity ever measured by
man was that Of the electric discharge Of
Leydcu hottie through a slender copper wire,
which was commuted 70 be 2S9, 900 miles u
second
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16
A Innr Footed 1urncoAt.

The weasel, ernine or stOat a. II is termed,
has a wide geographical range the same
species being found in Europe, Asia and
America. In our own country they are met
with from far up in the Arctic regions to the
southern borders Of the United States on the
Mexican side. For the benefit of readers who
have never seen this furry four legged animal.
Golden Days gives some Of its chief distin-
gushing points.
The ermne is from eight to eleven inches
in length, slender and why; much more SO
than YOU would imagine from the illustra
ton, the neck being especially long The
tail is bushy, and largest at the tip, which is
black Ii has powerful claws for so small a
creature, sharp teeth, and If you pass your
fingers over the cheeks, the muscles that work
the Jaws ARE found To be remarkably well
developed, explaining 10 some extent how the
animal can capture game 80 much larger
than itself These features one always finds
in the orminc, but in the matter Of color IL 3,
veritabe turncoat. You can never depend
upon It. La the cut u Is represented ia Il
mahogany colored coat, the under side being
pale yellow. This is its spring and summer
coat, hut in the autumn the little fellow wears
a notified coat in which brown, yellow and
white are oddly mixed. About midwnter his
coat becomes pure white, the tip of his tail
only showing color, and that is black This
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16
To Taxpayers

All taxes due the State can be paid in
coupons.
Complete protection and indemnity
guaranteed
License taxes due the State can be paid
in coupons.
Overdue taxes due the State on real
and personal property can be paid in cou-
pOns.
BY rendering coupons you will save a
large proportion of your tax bill
The United States Supreme Court 10y
repeated decisions has held the States
taX-receivable coupons to be as good ten
der as gold or bank notes.
JAMES Il. COOPER,
9ll Main street, Richmond, Va.
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SAILED.
Conflicting Statements.

CHICAGO, August IA Mars special
from Chatsworth. ILL.,, says A state
ment was made by j. T Billiard, a citizen
highly respected, to a reporter to-day.
Mr. Billiard SAYS he saw section men car
rying water into the house of the section
foreman Wednesday afternoon between
and 4 o'clock, while before the coroner's
jury the section foreman and bis men tes-
titled that they were ON the road at the
time mentioned. Mr.. Billiard was disin-
clined To say much but from his remarks
and those Of other citizens, IL is inferred
that the road was not examined at all on
Wednesday despite the instructions re-
ceived by the section foreman from the
road master. Wednesday morning" Mr.
Billiard said, "the station agent, who is
my neighbor, told me that extraordinary
precautions had been ordered TO be taken,
as a heavy passenger train was expected. %
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THE ERMINE.

change m the color Of the ermine is a wise
Fo,Sion, protecting the animal from its
enemies Ia great extent The ermine, If
always white, would be "a conspicuous object
IN summer just as it would stand out IN
bold relief during the winter SHOWS if
dressed m dark coat These animals are
usually born from March 10 June. and when
quite young are an ashy hue above and white
beneath. As soon as they are woaned. the
mother forages for them constantly, and i'm
the nest will be found a curious collection Of
tails, skins, feet aud bones Of mice, Lizards
and various animals
When the mother returns with a victim,
the little ones crowd up the nest to meet her,
uttering cries that have been compared 20
those Of very young kitten.
The ermine was formerly one Of the most
valuable fur bearing animals, and is still IN
demand, certain robes OF state being lined
with them. In early days the fur, in Russia
vss AL insignia Of royalty.
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Calling oyer In Manchester the did

Calling over in Manchester the other
day we dropped into the first class bakery
establishment of l.. q Y. Stems. and found il
fitted up 300 st-class style with ALL the ncccs
sary supplies ot good things. such as always
remind as Of Christmas. Bread, crackers. lbs
cults, etc. in abundance; cakes. and "a variety
of good things for the children. and all made
from the very best and purest materials This
is indeed model bakery. and one that de-
serves and is fast gaining the support OF the
public. Be sure 10 call in and see them at
i35 Hull street. Manchester.
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE
New York Stock Market.
Reported by G. W. Branch h Co., bankers
and brokers, No. I'LL Main street.
EYYIIW.

NEw YORK. August 15.-The market opened
very quietly and dull, with prices generally
lower. though not in any marked degree.
London. contrary 10 expectation, did little
or nothing. There has been only dull and
fcatureiess market all day with continued
absence Of outside business. We incline TO
the belief that a considerable portion of the
short interest has been closed out, and il now
depends on the ability Of the bulls 10 inaug-
urate a fresh rise. Were it not for the dull
nature Of speculation we would be rather
in favor Of higher values, but We cannot yet
vet see anything beyond the covering of
shorts. The market closed steady.
Money, 6 per cent.
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To License TAXPAYERS,

License taxpayers who have been in
dicted by the grand jury for not having
paid their license taxes, are informed thai
they can pay their fines in coupons a.
well as their State tax, and effect very
large saving by So doing.
Complete legal protection and indem.
nifty guaranteed.
JAMES II. COOPER,
Oh Main street, Richmond, Va.
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Select the Best.

Langman and Martinez Absolutel,
Pure Prepared Paints. We offer this pre-
pared Paint with guarantee that ID is NOT d
chemical paint, containing no water. no alkali
no adultcratiOn. and is made Of only such ma
terials as are used 10y the oldest painters. II
VIII cover more surface than any chemi-
cal paint i'm the world. ID has been sold bv ms
Tor the last ten years, warranted TO give salts
iacton' and responsible guarantee j. given u
that elect. For sale wholesale and retail by
BODEkER Bros, Druggists,
lili Main street.
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New York Markets


The wheat market has been very quiet and
steady 10 day. The opening WAS stronger at
12lc for October and the local crowd buled
1t 10 72i in anticipation Of heavy decrease
in the visible supply, but it quickly sold OF
10 72ic. When the visible supply was posted
il showed a smaller decrease than many had
expected, and the market dropped % 7lsc q,
rallied again 10 72tc, and ruled steady around
re. for the balance of the session, losing at
7llc. Foreign markets showed slight i'm
prOyement.
Corn was easier but quiet. Rains through
out the corn belt caused a weak opening. and
May sold down 10 45c. IL rallied later, and
the close is steady al 45ic.
Provisions We're very duh, with light iluc-
tuations and only local trading
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Tobacco Markets.

RICHMOND, Va, August 10.
Transactions are small to-day and few
traders on the market Returning tobacco
nists from the country report very fayorably
on the growing crop seen. As much of this
is made without the expense of guanO il is
hoped that the smaller area will make up in
quality not only, but prove the more profit
able to the planter because Of small expenses
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sALEs REroRrEp ro sEcRErARY.

Wheat White "A bushels very good a
S3c Longberry, S92 bushels prime at SIC.
3is bushels very good at Sc; 81 bushel,
very good at Sc, so bushels fair at soc.
30 bushels common at nc: IS bushels com
mon al 65c Mixed l4l4 bushels very good a
SIC; 81 bushels very good at SIC, %
bushels good at Sic; 500 bushels fair "a
79c.i $50 bushels common at re. ShOrtberry
s2i bushels very good at sc; 40 bushel,
good at Sic; 90 bushels good AT soc: II
bushels fair at 7sc: "a bushels fair at 76c
$50 bushels common at 75c.. 40 bushels com.
mon at 74c; 81 bushels common at 73c. a
bushels common at re, JOG bushels com
mon al zoe; 10 bushels common at 6Sc..
IA bushels common al &c; ~ bushels com
mon at 66c.
Oats.-Winter 81 bushels prime Virginia
at S63c. Spring l42 bushels very good at 33c
Meal.-21O bushels country bolted on pri-
yate terms.
COTTON REPORT.
Market unchanged and nominal.
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BAKER Died. Sunday night at five min
utcs "a n O'Clock. AZ his fathers residence. 81
Harrison street. WILLIAM JOSEPH. eldest
sOnof William and the late Martha Ann Baker.
aged p years and month
The funeral Will take place from 81. Peters
cathedral THIS TUESDAY, MORNING al 9
O'Clock. with requiem mass. Friends aud 40
quaintancas of the family invited 20 attend
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Grain aud Cotton Exchange.
RICHMOND. Va. August Is

OFFERINGS REPORTED To SECRETARY.
Wheat-White p bushels Longberrv
2s9S bushels; Mixed, 5,l2s bushels short
berry, 1850 bushels Total, II. 100 bushels.
COrn.-White. 30 bushels
Oats lA bushels
Meal.-270 bushels.
FlOur-l25 barrels.
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Richmond Live stock Market.

REEcEIrIs;--ii head cattle 81 sheep and
lambs, 800 hogs.
sALEs-427 head cattle, 81 sheep and
lambs. 9l hogs.
PRIcEs.-Cattle Best, 10 Al gross-a few
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

ApleadW present to every purchaser Of
my sirig cont Iu Call and see what a
handsome present you will get If you buy
a pound. ] give roy neat present. with
one quarter Of pound.
JULIEN BNFORD.
1902 East Main street.
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cured and its return prevented by the use
Of DR.. David's Vegetable Liver Pills. As this
remedy has been thoroughly tested by mum
beers Of our best people. containing as ID does
none but vegetable ingredients. DO should com
mend itself 20 all sufferers with this terrible
disease. Being extremely mild inactiOn. these
pills can bee taken by both the weak and the
strong Price, p cents a box of p Pills; five
boxes for 81.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16
ENerNbodN'sTrlend.

Halls Improved Cleaning Cream for in
stautly removing grease paint. tar, &C., from
silk, cotton. wool. carpets, Ac. so family
should be without 10. Sold by all druggists a.
- cts. per bottle. Trade supplied by
BODEKER Bios. Druggists.
1914 Main street.
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Very old French Brandy at
CHAMBERLAYNE a. Co.'S.
Ia Mnrcnriin Cicnr.

Ask for this cigar at any hotel or
saloon in town, price five cents, and /
will guarantee YOU will acknowledge that
it is equal to most Of the ten.cent cigars
sold anywhere
Insist on haciag Julien Bintords Mu-
garita Cg0r and no other.
JULIEN BINFoRD,
No 1902 Main street.
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higher; medium 10 good, 81 to 81 gross /;
common to fair, to gross sheep, e 70
4 gross; lambs, a to 81 gross hogs, "a to u
net bulls, u to3t gross.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-16

ARnlvEp Ararsr Is. lss1.

''''''' IT 7N''I0-"I 10 IT"If
Brig Helena, Boston. 10 load Hour for Brazil
Schooner Albert II. Cross. Henderson. Ken
nebec, nee. j. &. Smith lee Company.
Schooner Thomas X. Pilsbury. Prtchct
Bangor, ice, Home Ice Company
Schooner Levi Hart, Childes, Bangor ice,
Home Ice Company.
SAILED.
Schooner II. :. Brook, Rsloy. James river.
70 load railroad ties for Philadelphia.
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Chicago Grain and Produce Market.


Reported by &. T. Redford x TO-, Grain
Commission Merchants, No. Is South Twelfth
street.
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Pennsylvania Rye $3.50 per gallon.
CuAMBERLAYNE X Co.
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SMITHS BLOOD AND LIVER REG
- ULATOR.

Cure for all ScrOiulous. such as Pimplo-.
Ulcers, Sores, lnhammations. swellings. Frs
sipelas, and all kinds of Skin Diseases. This
remedy is composed of Roots and Herbs. and
the most delicate can take 10 without danger.
For sale by all druggists. Price, 81 per bottle.
In relief 10 the afflicted. We will sell for the
next sixty days a trial bottle for ~ cents.
Prompt attention 10 wholesale orders.
Manufactured by a. G. SMITH.
No. 3l6 North Second street.
5-Ju3 ~ Richmond. Va,
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WEATHER PROBABILITIES

Indications for Virginia commencing at pm.
Yesterday Light mns: slightly warmer
variable winds, generally shifting 10 south
westerly.
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YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
HOW THE ERMINE CHANGES HIS
COAT TO SUIT CIRCUMSTANCES.

Roasted Peacock, Great Delicacy
Among the Ancient Romsns-Old but
Popular Game of "Chickany, Chickany,
Crany Grow"
ellen and Chickens is an admirable out
door game for both boys and girls, and as
summer is the proper season for games Of
chase, short description is here given OF this
sport.
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Market unchanged and nominal.
Quotations. -Middling, Toe.
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THE DAILY TIMES ALMANAC.

TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-01
AN ALLEGED PRAYER CURE.
The Case of Fourteen ear Old Flor
ence Fishblatt

The Case of Fourteen ear Old Flor
ence Fishblatt.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Sept. 2S.--A case
of prayer cure came to light here recently,
which, if later reports bear out all that is
claimed for it at present, is one of the most
remarkable yet claimed in this city. The
case is that of Florence Fishblatt, the a.
vear-old daug liter of DR.. E. n. Fishblatt
The daughter has been i'll for over year,
and has been, her father says, partially par
alyZed during that time In addition to
paralysis she has been a sufferer from
spasrls. which have reduced her to pitiable
state of weakness. 1t is stated by Dir. Fish
blatt that his daughter had 100 of these
spasms in the last year, and some of them
were so severe that blood-vessels burst in
her body Dr. Fishblatt has tried physi-
clans all over the country, and especially in
Chicago, where the case is known to the
papers on account of her having been
treated at the Palmer House by the profes-
sor of nervous disease from Rush Medical
College DR. Fishblatt came to Minneapolis
nearly two years ago and tried many
physicians of this city without success
Five months ago a council of physicians ad-
vised him that the girl would live but a few
months and that medicine could do nothing
for her.
DR.. Fishblatt says my wife had at
tended some of the faith-cure meetings and
was acquainted with the facts in the case of
the girl said to have been brought to life in
Northeast Minneapolis, and | resolved TO
try it. We have had prayers after tea at
my house every night. Last night we had
prayers as usual, and prayed very earn
estly for my daughter and several others of
the family did tine same. Then we were all
surprised to see Florry get up and walk
across the room. Ny daughter laughed and
walked into the dining room. After little
conversation over the wonderful cure, |
could contain myself no longer, and started
off to see my friends 1t was the happiest
hour | have known for a long time. 1t is
nothing but special providence.
The case has points of interest. and will,
no doubt, be watched closely by those in
terested for and against the faith-cure the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-01
BLAINE TAKEN ABACK.
The Knightly Tourist Flies Into Rage
and Loses His Wits.
SpeciM Cable % the Ch.caao DaNu Nems.

Special Cable to the Chicago Daily Neics.
GENEVA, Sept. 27.-Mr. Blaine has
reached here too late to meet any of the
transcontinental Americans. | think the
plan outlined in Scotland is being carefully
carried out. The ex-senator is at present
neither meeting nor seeking anybody His
next rest Will be III Paris. There Messrs.
Hale and Garrett and many other friends
are awaiting his arrival
His trip through the south has been very
quiet In Bavaria. Austria and Switzer-
land he is unknown, and consequently he
has received neither social nor political at
tention. He gided along through one after
another of the cites of the ancicnts without
greeting a single foreign admirer or meet
ing SO much as "a welcoming paragraph in
the press. The entire circuit was made
with a rush which permitted of little re-
search and less reflection. Doing Nurem-
berg in one day, Munich in two. Vienna in
two, and flying through Saalzburg Inn
spruck, and the curious communities of the
Iyrol 81 fi,s countries with only nightly
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MACON IN HARD LUCK.
Epn. jefferson Davis Will Not Attend
the Georgia State Fair.

EOn. jefferson Davis Will Not Attend
the Georgia State Fair.
Atlanta has sent out the following special:
When the managers of the Piedmont Fair
secured the presence of President Cleveland
as the leading attraction they caught the
managers of the State Fair, which takes
place in Macon a week later by the ears.
Macon had to get up some counter attrac-
ton in order to draw a crowd to that point
President Northen, of the State Fair, was
dispatched to Beauvoir to prevail upon Mr..
jefferson Davis to make tine Offset. A Con
federate memorial day was announced, when
Mr.. Davis would review the veterans. Other
points in the South began pressing Mr..
Davis to extend his visit. The Biloxi Her
aid, however, throws cold water upon tire
statement that Mr. Davis will even visit
Macon. As Biloxi is Mr.. Davis postoffice
town. and as the editor of the Herdtd is in
position to know, his statement is sgnif-
can't The Herald says:
The following item regarding the Hon.
jefferson Davis has, been circulated all over
the United States, and has attracted a great
deal of comment from the newspapers in
every section:
The Hon. Jefferson Davis has accepted an in
vitation to attend the State Fair of Georgia, to
be held in Macon on Oct. %. A reunion of ex-
Confederate soldiers will be an interesting
Some two weeks since, in referring to
this assertion, Mr.. Davis said to the writer
of this:
One of the greatest of my annOyances is
the various announcements that | will appear
in public here and there, made by INSCRIPTIONS
persons to serve their own ends In addition to
the opportunity this gives my enemies to make
a pretence for partisan criticism, they misead
my friends all over the country IL is hopeless
to attempt the denial of a newspaper paragraph
when once it gets afoat. Now this gentleman
from Macon who called on me used most
strenuous arguments to induce me to attend,
and ii my health was better nothing could give
me more pleasure than the opportunity thus
afforded me TO greet our Southern people |
told him plainly, however, that 1t was not prob
able that my physical condition would per-
nit of this journey, but his insistence was so
great that finally said that if my health was
such at the time of the fair to safely permit of
it, and no unforeseen circumstance should arise,
would endeavor to attend, and that we would
advise with each other later Upon the subject
From this very qualified answer has grown this
positive announcement of my intentions, and
gwen the partisan press of the North another
opportunity to make invidious comment and
manufacture political material for the ignorant
and unthinking.
Mr.. Davis health is, we regret to announce,
not very good at present. While he suffers
from no severe illness, his physical condi-
ton is not as good as it was two weeks ago.
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railway you have recourse to the courts and
the Railway Commission, while fear of
traffic being diverted TO rival line com
pels railway company to listen respect
fully On the Continent you have a claim
against the government, and any man who
has had claim against our Federal govern
ment for twenty years knows what that
means
The subject of newspapers was suggested
by the reporter.
They don't have newspapers over there"
said l1r. Depew. Not such newspapers as
we have in America. Englishmen know
comparatively nothing OF America, or of
our representative men. In this country
You can't find car driver or laborer, if he
has lived here long enough to become
Americanized who will not be able To tell
you pretty accurately what the row is in
English politics, and who their leaders are,
with something of their histories, but in
England you find even in their leaders the
densest ignorance of what is going on over
here, and who are our representative
politicians. They know Mr.. Blaine
only as a politician who has been
credited with the intention of
twisting the British lions tail when he gets
a chance, and he is looked at as a curiosity
on that account. Mr.. Blaine, Simon Cam
eron, Senator Joseph r. Hawley, Gov.
Alger, of Michigan, and other men were i'll
London this summer, but they were scarcely
mentioned by the London newspapers be
cause the papers didn't know what to say
about them. The biggest paper i'll London
prints ten lines daily about America. An
other prints twenty lines. lean learn more
of London happenings in New York news
paper than in London Journal.
Finally, said Mr.. Depew, amy Ameri-
can who goes abroad with his eyes open
comes home knowing that in every element
which makes life worth living save one,
America has infinitely better advantages
than any country on the globe. That one
exception IS in the enjoyment which always
comes from the treasures of antiquity.
place which can't produce on the other side
plenty of objects, either artistic or histori-
cal, 800 years old, has no interest for a true
American